The Atomz search engine we
use to power our site provides us with a monthly report of the most common
search queries. Don't worry: it doesn't track who's asking so we don't know who
you are. It does tell us, however, what folks have come here looking for. We've
created this page to add a little snippet of information about some of those
things which have been sought in the past but about which we have little or
nothing. Here's what's been sought - and what we've got to say about it:

Fellowcraft
Lecture - Well, we don't have any of the ritual for the various degrees on
our site. Ritual varies from jurisdiction to jurisdiction so having the FC
Lecture from California, for example, wouldn't help a Texas Mason one bit. If
you need rituals, contact your Grand Secretary. He'll be happy to sell you one!

Phi Delta
Theta - Many college fraternities in the US were modeled after either the
concepts or the rituals of Freemasonry - or both! Others would 'borrow' from
them and Masons, being of the type who found fraternal involvement of interest,
would be members or founders. This is an area which we have not had the time to
write on in depth. Suffice it to say: those fraternities whose initiations were
filled with pranks and hazing were those which, if seeming Masonic-like, were
probably corruptions of some ritual exposure such as Duncan's or Richardson's.
Those which were somber, serious and filled with the hope of a higher purpose
for the members were likely those which were started by Masons or greatly
influenced by those with Mason-like purpose.

Brisco -
Somebody was looking for this. We thought it was the name of a character in
"Law and Order". Ok, Lennie?

Songs -
Regrettably, we don't have any here.

Amazing Lid of
Palenque / Kebroath - We don't even have a clue on these. A Palenque is a
place for bringing up poultry but even the Oxford English Dictionary online has
no clue as to the meaning of Kebroath! It's truly amazing
what the report shows folks looking for...

Masonic Homes -
We suspect that the person searching may have hoped for a list of homes or their
location on the web. It might be fastest to contact the Grand Lodge of the
jurisdiction in which you've got an interest and ask them directly.

Burrows -
A person's name perhaps? We're curious....

Abaddon -
Used in Rev.. ix. 11 as equivalent to the Gr. ,
destroyer, as the name of ‘the angel of the bottomless pit.’ Hence applied
by Milton to the bottomless pit, or abyss of hell, itself.
Any other questions?

Spear of
Longinus - Less than two weeks after we'd made this page live, an alert
surfer wrote to tell us that our "We give up." about this entry was
surprising to him. Luis Felipe Morales of UCLA advises that "The Spear or Lance of Longinus is the
legendary/apocryphal name given to the weapon that pierced the side of Christ, Longinus being supposed to be
the name of the legionary who did the piercing. This same Longinus is often supposed to be the legionary who cried at Jesus' death, "Surely this is
the Son of God!", and as such he has been raised to the status of saint,
though St. Longinus is not one of the well known saints. This Lance has also shown
up in Grail stories, dripping blood into the Holy Grail. It is occasionally bandied about that Adolf Hitler made attempts to find the Lance."
Mr. Morales also provided us with a link to a website on this subject click
here . We thank him for this information. We're unaware of this story
appearing anywhere in any ritual of any Masonic -related body but will certainly
welcome any further amplification. Thanks again, Mr. Morales!

Elo - If
the OED has no clue, we don't either....

Grand Honors -
Using ancient customs, Masons 'salute' their leadership with a ritualized set of
signs and claps. Isn't this odd? Not really. If you've ever been to a wedding
where guests at the reception would tap their knives against the side of their
glasses to make a tinkling sound which indicates to the bride and groom that a
kiss is deemed appropriate!

Fraternal
Order of Police (FOP) - Nope: no connection (except, of course, that some
Masons who are law enforcement officers are also members of this organization.

Famous People
in Peru - Problem is, when one's not in a particular country, they must rely
on information they find publicly available to them. We don't have much on this
topic and, sad to say, the closest we've ever been to Peru was vicariously
through a book about a train adventure!

Fadis - We
keep wondering.

Human
sacrifices - No, folks. Wrong place - DEFINITELY!

So Moted Be -
Here again, spelling seems a problem but we can at least understand on this
one. At the end of a prayer, the usual Masonic response is "So Mote
It Be." which is very much like saying "Amen" and, at some times
in the past, was a regularly employed alternative to that amongst the general
public.

Alchemy -
If you can figure out how to make gold, PLEASE let us know - secretly, of
course!

Machupichu -
We suspect our friend Denis put that in the search engine just to see what would
happen. He's been there as a photographer and his pictures are outstanding.
Disliking heights, we're not going to put it on our itinerary for vacationing
for a LONG time to come.

More to
come....

Just
click on "Prince, the Search Dog" to find things on our site. He's on every page
and he'll take you directly to our search form where you can see if we've
written about whatever it is you're interested in. Prince has a great memory; he
always remembers where things are!